5 Hot Breakfasts To Get You Going

by Tanya Steel

on 01/16/13 at 12:44 PM

So, here's what I know: Because of some complex formula grandly called the Equation of Time, mornings are darker longer in the north. "In the weeks before the winter solstice, sunrise is being pushed later by both the changing angle of the Sun and the slowing of solar time," writes John O'Neil in The New York Times. "But sunset is being pushed in both directions--earlier by the Sun's angle and later by the change in solar time. The result is more darkness in the morning and less in the afternoon."

This accounts for the increased difficulty I have getting out of bed. (That and the fact I keep my house cold to save on home-heating bills.) Were it not for work and school obligations, I would never want to slip out from under the covers but one thing does lure me out, especially on these cold, depressing mornings--breakfast. Weekend morning meals are a no brainer, but weekdays are hard. Generally, I do a combination of making a hot cereal the night before and taking it with me to work, or whipping up a yogurt extravaganza--Greek vanilla low-fat yogurt topped with berries and granola.

It seems others are joining me. According to a recent NPD Group study, Snacking in America, breakfast is now the most regularly consumed meal, and morning snacks, often fresh fruit and yogurt, are on the rise.

Here are five healthy breakfasts to make, that are fiber-filled, warming, and most importantly delicious. And for more inspiration, check out Month 1 of our Year of Doable Challenges, where we explain why getting healthy starts with eating the most important meal of the day:

Once a week I make a big pot of steel cut oats, and load it up with chopped nuts and dried fruit. (I also cook in half water and half skim-milk for some more protein.) Once it cools a bit, I put it in the fridge and just spoon out bowlfuls each morning that I heat up in the microwave with another splash of milk. Super fast each morning for the rest of the week.

tclouise
08:20:38 PM on
01/16/13

On weekdays, plain Greek yogurt with a drizzling of honey, and usually a piece or fruit. On weekends, hot cereal in all its many forms. Quinoa with almond milk and maple syrup, steel-cut oats with brown sugar, cornmeal mush with butter and maple syrup, grits with butter, salt and pepper, good old-fashioned Malt-o-Meal...I've never met a hot cereal I don't love.

janetmow
04:30:56 PM on
01/16/13

A toasted crumpet (or a toasted anything) with peanutbutter and jam or honey. One of the those flavored instant oatmeal packets with milk and raisins (prefab yes, but easy, nutritious, and tasty).